Finding 1206489 (2025-007)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
I
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-04-13
Audit: 398537
Organization: Quincy Asian Resources, Inc. (MA)
Auditor: GRAY GRAY & GRAY

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Organization lacks written policies and procedures for managing award funds as required by OMB's Uniform Guidance.
  • Impacted Requirements: Key areas affected include job descriptions, procurement, suspension and debarment, conflict of interest, cash management, and eligibility.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The Organization should create and document all necessary policies and procedures related to Federal grants to ensure compliance.

Finding Text

Condition and Criteria: The Office of Management and Budget’s (“OMB”) Uniform Guidance (“UG”) requires entities to have written policies and procedures surrounding the management of their award funds. It was noted that the Company did not have written policies and procedures surrounding job descriptions, procurement and contracts (micro purchases, small purchases and simplified acquisitions), suspension and debarment, conflict of interest statement, cash management (including disbursing Federal funds within three days of request) and eligibility. Cause: The Organization has many policies and procedures in place, however, they were unaware they were required to be documented in writing. Effect: The Organization is not in compliance with the UG requirements. Auditor’s Recommendation: The Organization should document in writing all policies and procedures relating to the Federal grants.

Corrective Action Plan

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: QARI maintains an approved Financial Policies and Procedures Manual that was reviewed and accepted by Federal agencies in FY2025. While many required practices were already in place and operationalized, the auditors identified areas where written documentation could be strengthened or made more explicit. QARI has since updated its policies to include: 1) Explicit conflict of interest disclosure requirements for partners (consistent with existing annual Board disclosures); 2) Documented procedures to verify that vendors are not suspended or debarred. QARI remains transparent with Federal awarding agencies through required annual grant and budget review processes, and all vendors engaged under Federal awards are included in and approved through the official grant budget. These updates ensure full written compliance with OMB Uniform Guidance requirements and strengthen existing internal controls.

Categories

Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1206486 2025-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1206487 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1206488 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1206490 2025-008
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.988 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR DIABETES CONTROL PROGRAMS $1.00M
10.225 COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS $106,613
97.010 Citizenship Education and Training $80,000